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Saudi crown prince warns of 'Iran threat' to global oil

Mohammed bin Salman warns oil prices may soar if a conflict with Iran escalates.

The Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has warned that oil prices could rise to unimaginably high levels if the world did not act together to counter Iranian aggression.

Also in the programme: Volkswagen is facing a mass lawsuit from German car owners over the falsified diesel emissions scandal; and we hear about the girls and women who made the choice to join the Islamic State group.

Picture: In this file photo taken on September 18, 2019 Saudi Arabia"s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting with the US secretary of state in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Credit: AFP/Getty Images.

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